DiversityMining is an indispensable activity that threatens biodiversity globally. However, assessments of key ecological processes for the maintenance of plants threatened by mining, such as the effectiveness of frugivory and seed dispersal, are almost non ...
Ana María Humaña, Carlos E. Valdivia
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Food Availability, Foraging Behavior, and Diet of Autumn Migrant Landbirds in the Boise Foothills of Southwestern Idaho [PDF]
, 2012 Food availability and acquisition are critical components of a stopover site\u27s suitability, but we know relatively little about how changes in food availability affect the stopover ecology of migrating landbirds.
Carlisle, Jay D. +3 more
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Sleeping-tree fidelity of the spider monkey shapes community-level seed-rain patterns in continuous and fragmented rain forests [PDF]
, 2015 Repeated use of sleeping trees (STs) by frugivores promotes the deposition and aggregation of copious amounts of seed, thus having key implications for seed dispersal and forest regeneration. Seed-rain patterns produced by this behaviour likely depend on
Arroyo-Rodriguez, V +5 more
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On the relationship among birds and Trema micrantha in montane forests of Hispaniola
Novitates Caribaea, 2018 Avian frugivores are of great interest to ecologists because they play an important role in ecosystem functioning, and can serve as important components in habitat restoration.
Steven C. Latta
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The Strength and Drivers of Bird-Mediated Selection on Fruit Crop Size: A Meta-Analysis
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 In seed-dispersal mutualisms, the number of fruit a plant displays is a key trait, as it acts as a signal for seed dispersers that entails fruit removal and exportation of reproductive units (fruit crop size hypothesis).
Facundo X. Palacio, Mariano Ordano
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Impact of forest management regimes on ligneous regeneration in the Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso [PDF]
, 2007 Annual early fire, selective tree cutting and grazing exclusion are currently used to manage the State forests of the Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Such prescriptions, however, are not based on experimental evidence.
Zida, Didier
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Gut microbiomes of wild great apes fluctuate seasonally in response to diet
Nature Communications, 2018 Microbiota composition fluctuates in response to changes in environmental and lifestyle factors. Here, Hicks et al. show that the faecal microbiota of wild gorillas and chimpanzees is temporally dynamic, with shifts that correlate with seasonal rainfall ...
Allison L. Hicks +14 more
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Trait evolution within frugivory networks
, 2016 Background/Question/Methods Mutualistic frugivory networks are formed by interactions between species which exploit each other for mutual benefit and are crucial components to sustain ecosystem function and services, foster biodiversity and affect community stability.
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Beta diversity and knowledge gaps of Colombia’s dry forests: implications for their conservation
Caldasia, 2019 On a continental scale, Neotropical dry forests exhibit high plant beta diversity, forming twelve unique floristic provinces. Conserving this diversity requires plans to protect areas in each province, based on an understanding of their particular ...
Gustavo H. Kattan +4 more
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Brazilian Journal of BiologyIn this study, we described the food plants available to Blue-and-Yellow Macaws (Ara ararauna), its feeding habits and the relationship between these parameters with feeding niche breadth.
AA. Santos, J. Ragusa-Netto
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